The surrender of the Confederates meant that a new nation was to be created now that “The Rebellion is indeed demolished.” according to The New York Herald. For Northerners, there was a sense of nationalism in the defeat of the Confederates; they had put a stop to Southerners who rebelled against the Union and for Confederates, there sense of nationalism was in how brave and valiantly there men fought, to preserve there southern way of life. For Lincoln, it was his job to figure out what to do with the states that seceded; how should he punish them or what he should do to readmit them into the United States.
